Nathaniel Dorsky Movies

  • 2012
    April

    April

    April

    02012HD

    Following a period of trauma and grief, the world around me once again declared itself in the form of one of the loveliest springs I can ever...

    April
  • 2016
    Lux Perpetua I

    Lux Perpetua I

    Lux Perpetua I

    02016HD

    A personal travel film shot in Oaxaca and then in France and Italy.

    Lux Perpetua I
  • 2016
    The Dreamer

    The Dreamer

    The Dreamer

    02016HD

    This year our mid-summer’s night was adorned with a glorious full moon. The weeks and days preceding the solstice were magically alive with...

    The Dreamer
  • 2016
    Lux Perpetua II

    Lux Perpetua II

    Lux Perpetua II

    02016HD

    “For most of my life, my films have been the marriage of external circumstances as seen through the needs of my own psyche. There is no other...

    Lux Perpetua II
  • 2014
    Avraham

    Avraham

    Avraham

    02014HD

    "In most of my films I have had the burden of adding a title afterwards. Sometimes the word or words would come automatically, but more often with...

    Avraham
  • 2016
    Death of a Poet

    Death of a Poet

    Death of a Poet

    02016HD

    A document from the weeks that Stan Brakhage was dying of bladder cancer. Dominic Angerame, then head of Canyon Cinema, and I went up to Victoria,...

    Death of a Poet
  • 2020
    William

    William

    William

    02020HD

    William Brown, the son of my dear friend, Owsley Brown, is majoring in acting at the University of Southern California. During the lock down we...

    William
  • 2015
    Autumn

    Autumn

    Autumn

    02015HD

    Autumn, photographed during the last months of the drought year, 2015, is a stately, but intimate, seasonal tome, a celebration of the poignancy and...

    Autumn
  • 1987
    Alaya

    Alaya

    Alaya

    81987HD

    Sand, wind, and light intermingle with the emulsions. The viewer is the star.

    Alaya
  • 2017
    Elohim

    Elohim

    Elohim

    02017HD

    Light in the gardens of the San Francisco Arboretum, photographed in early spring. Elohim are divine beings, the energy of light as creation.

    Elohim
  • 2013
    Summer

    Summer

    Summer

    02013HD

    Summer in San Francisco is a dry and rainless season. The film, Summer, although photographed during this period of time, is not so much a...

    Summer
  • 1996
    Triste

    Triste

    Triste

    01996HD

    Triste is an indication of the level of cinema language that I have been working towards. By delicately shifting the weight and solidity of the...

    Triste
  • 2013
    Spring

    Spring

    Spring

    02013HD

    Nathaniel Dorsky's Spring conjures an abundant return of light and a retreat into nature so dense and rich that the film itself becomes a sort of...

    Spring
  • 2023
    O Death

    O Death

    O Death

    02023HD

    In the spirit of the times and my own growing older, a brief tip of the hat… (Nathaniel Dorsky)

    O Death
  • 2021
    Terce

    Terce

    Terce

    02021HD

    Terce is the sixth film made during the Covid crises… the yellow greens of spring at last… the beginning of a greater relaxation.

    Terce
  • 2020
    Temple Sleep

    Temple Sleep

    Temple Sleep

    02020HD

    "Temple Sleep was photographed and edited during the initial Virus lockdown. The fly casting pools in Golden Gate Park became a mind healing place...

    Temple Sleep
  • 2023
    Pavane

    Pavane

    Pavane

    02023HD

    How often and varied we come upon ourselves in this brief life. This film of early spring is a second made in collaboration with Jacob, a young...

    Pavane
  • 2013
    Song

    Song

    Song

    02013HD

    Shot in San Francisco from autumn of last year through the winter solstice, Nathaniel Dorsky's Song evinces a cool, mysterious tone as it captures...

    Song
  • 2023
    Place d'or

    Place d'or

    Place d'or

    02023HD

    Autumn lake in San Francisco.

    Place d'or
  • 1987
    17 Reasons Why

    17 Reasons Why

    17 Reasons Why

    01987HD

    17 Reasons Why was photographed with a variety of semi-ancient regular 8 cameras and is projected unslit as 16mm. The four image format gives a look...

    17 Reasons Why